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The use of intralesional triamcinolone hexacetonide in treatment of idiopathic pruritus ani

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Nineteen patients with idiopathic pruritus ani, for whom all previous treatment had failed, were studied. In the study the only treatment administered to each patient was intralesional injection of triamcinolone hexacetonide. Results obtained were good or excellent in 73.6 per cent of the cases; fair in 10.5 per cent; the treatment failed in 15.7 per cent. The most convenient dosage was found to be 5 mg, administered four times for a total dose of 20 mg. In each of three severe cases injection of 20 mg each week up to a total of 40 or 80 mg provided very satisfactory results.

No undesirable side effects, either local or systemic, were identified. Good results obtained have lasted from one to nine months up to the time of the present report.

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  1. Mexican Proctologic Society, USA

    Luis Minvielle U. M.D. (President) & Vicente León Hernandez M.D. (Scholar)

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Minvielle U., L., Hernandez, V.L. The use of intralesional triamcinolone hexacetonide in treatment of idiopathic pruritus ani. Dis Colon Rectum 12, 340–343 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02617745

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